Looking Back – October 21

Third-grader Ramanda Hamilton got to see what a real ballot looks like and cast her vote during a mock election held at Taylorsville Elementary School, part of a Modern Red Schoolhouse social studies unit on government in 1994. From The Republic archives

2009

Columbus City Council passed an ordinance that would charge residents a flat fee of $12 a month for trash pickup, including leaf and yard refuse pickup but not curbside recycling.

1994

Rockwell Corp. launched a potentially hostile takeover bid for Cleveland-based Reliance Electric, a move that would affect the more than 450 people at two facilities in Columbus.

1969

The Miles Laboratories Union Division plant in Edinburgh was ordered to cease production of cyclamate after a federal ban on the artificial sweetener was issued in Washington.